Atrial Fibrilation = Glucosamine

Glucosamin also increases INR reading of those on Warfarin for AF.

This is very interesting.  Thanks for sharing. 

Following the removal of my right knee cartilidge in 2000 I was put on Glucosiamine as you describe. I was diagnosed with paroxysmal AF in Jan 2010. At this point I was put on Warfarin and was told to discontinue Glucosiamine as it will work against Warfarin. I did as I was told and have had no trouble with Warfarin. Shedloads of problems with right knee and right sacriliac joint though !!! 😇

John

At my first proper AF episode in november, I told the resus team that I take glucosamine each day, and they said that was ok?! So a little confused now! Also I had just finished a course of 14 days Naproxin, and nowt was said, yet later discover that that too can cause irregular heart beats?

Thank you for this I was considering glucosamine supplements but this has made e think twice

I was taking glucosamine supplements, advice from a friend, to help with joint pain.  I was taking for about 3 months, only about 3 pills a week.  about 2 months after starting it, I began noticing heart fluttering and irregular heartbeats.  I saw a cardiologist and my EKG came out with abnormal, "incomplete right bundle branch block". ECHO scan was normal. Dr. told me to limit caffeine and alcohol.  I am no longer taking glucosamine and hoping that my heartbeats will go back to normal soon.

Hi. I get af from preservatives (sulphites) . I realised that glucosamine sulphate may be contributing to the af so swopped to glucosamine hydrochloride. Still get af but my arthritis is too hard to bear without the glucosamine.

You mention alcohol, caffeine, etc.   My on-line research indicates you must take a hard line approach to preventing AFIB:     no alcohol, no caffeine,  no salt.   Take steps to insure that  your mg, Potassium, calcium levels are good. get tested for C-reactive protein,  To lose weight,  or just to have a healthy immune system, eliminate white flour, corn,  any  high salt prepared foods.

I recently had a cardioversion which worked, but it only lasted 10 days.  After research,  found that odds of staying in sinus rhythym  are much better if your baseline health is good:  normal BP,  good weight , good diet good MG, K, Ca levels,  Currently working on this-must lose about 20 lbs. before trying CV again.

godd luck.

I'm now in my 70s and my Paroxysmal AF episodes that started in 2002 occuring on average every seven days and lasting two days may have stopped now I've stopped taking Glucosamine Sulphate and Chondroitin tablets. I've been taking the above supplement since 1995 successfully to treat knee joint problems. Time will tell and I'll report back in no longer than ten days time.

I am just in the middle of a week free of supplements to try and find the cause of my irregular heart beat. GP thinks I may have early heart failure, and some tests show that my heart is struggling a bit. I have had many ectopic heart beats for some years, but have had AF I have taken Glucosamine for over 20 years with good result. I have never had reason to associate the problem with that, and think it may be Vitamin D3 ,of which I had been taking quite a high dose because of my Osteoporosis. Having read your comments I shall start with Glucosamine when the week is up. Will let you know if anything happens.

Stopping taking Glucosamine and Chondroitin made no difference to my afib.

My afib got so bad even on the prescribed medication of Flecainide Acette that some 2 years ago I had a cryogentic pulmonary vein ablation procedure.

http://www.innovationsincrm.com/cardiac-rhythm-management/2011/april/72-cryoballoon-ablation-for-pulmonary-vein-isolation-of-atrial-fibrillation

at Southampton hospital.

The stopped my afib episodes and I now have no heart problems except the occasional ectopic beat which is no cause for concern.